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Orthopedic spine surgeon Jeffrey Roh, MD, has been added as a partner at the newly opened Advanced Neurosurgery of Hawaii in Honolulu. 

Spine surgeon Michael Gallizzi, MD, has had his eye on endoscopic spine surgery for years. 

Surgeons with Plano-based Texas Back Institute and Washington, D.C.-based Howard University Hospital performed the first cases with Sure Retractors' sterile anterior and posterior cervical retractors, the medtech company said Oct. 18.

Zoher Ghogawala, MD, is the new president of the North American Spine Society, the organization said Oct. 18.

Johson & Johnson is embarking on a two-year restructuring process of its orthopedic business after its third quarter earnings report reflects a shortfall in medical device sales, according to an Oct. 17 report from The Business Times.

HCA Florida Aventura Hospital has promoted Andrew Hiller, MD, to department chair of surgery. 

Alphatec added Dave Demski and Keith Valentine to its board, according to an Oct. 17 news release.

Keith Meister, MD, is the head team physician of the MLB's Texas Rangers and the director of Texas Metroplex Institute for Sports Medicine and Orthopedic Surgery in Arlington.

Orlando, Fla.-based AdventHealth in partnership with Rothman Orthopaedic Institute, headquartered in Philadelphia, became the first facility to complete 100 surgeries with the bridge-enhanced ACL restoration implant.

John Barrasso, MD, is the only orthopedic surgeon serving among the 19 physicians in the 118th U.S. Congress. Dr. Barrasso is a Republican senator from Wyoming and was first elected to his seat in 2007.